I was able to get to see a good deal of the country through work. However, now that I have retired, I take a lot of car trips. I think I am at about 13,500 miles for this year alone.
We have kids, grandkids, siblings and friends in a number of far flung locations so we visit them and the areas that surround them each. I suggest that if you want to see some stars, also try mountainous areas where the air is thinner and you are far from a city. The Appalachians are cloudy but that is not always the case. Next year in August we have an eclipse in the offing. It has a path of totality that you can get through on a days drive.
See
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2017/TSE2017fig/TSE2017-usa.jpg
and find a place near the path of totality to visit next August— it seems the most arid area is in Wyoming but don’t restrict yourself to that.
Wow! Thank You!
I’m fond of eclipses - the first one I recall was probably in the late ‘fifties (1959 ?) when my father took me with him when he went to the barber, and we stood outside and watched things darken. It was the first time I heard the word.
